the straight and wide

back again here on the shop floorthings were getting ‘wobbly’ out in the sunso i reinforced it till the TGI floor joists go on

i started by stabilizing the outside beam ends with temp. bracesmaking sure they were the same distance from the end of the house.and with three blocks the same thicknessi screwed one to each inside end of the beamand stretched a nylon string over them for 60’(the wind was blowing so i did it inside where the beam shielded the string).and using the third block as a gauge braced the subsequent postsso that the block just touched the string

.(it is important to do this as just laying the string to the beam and eyeballing itcan and does move the string slightly at each postresulting in a curved line instead of a straight one.now i screwed 2×4x10’ flush to the outside beam edgeand to the middle of the next beam over(my 2×4’s were all 10 ft so i lucked outand didn’t have to mark themand went up and down this way till all the beams were straight toooff of the outside one that was bracedthe last one attaches to the beam on the housemaking everything stable and even. so here it is much more stable and ready for the floor joistsand pressure treated bracing throughouteverything to date is screwed togetheras i can still move things lightly for final squaring and nailingall the posts will have through bolts and corner metal strapsonce it is satisfactorybut for now it wont wander around and stiffen up that waymaking it hard to fix later.thanks for looking againand have a great and safe time in the shops

not to bad for a single guy working alone

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Looks good David I’m suggesting Martin should have a contest where the first ten winners get a free trip to your place to help build your shop of course each winner to qualify has to bring $ 5000 to help with building supplies and there own packages of hot dogs ,one downfall is you have to furnish them hot dog buns and soda. LOL

hey David good to see you still can stand on your feet :-) remember to take it easy it´s start to look real good sofare , its easy to see the precision work continiued from thebox´s to the floor , if I had those kind of money I wuold have bett you wont bee more than 1mm off when the floor is finished :-)

I can’t get my mind around the kind of weather you have there David i seem to remember snow don’t I ? yet it looks like desert & hot. Still that will be some shop when it’s done but take it easy & don’t knock yourself up, wish I lived closer I’d happily lend a hand, I’m renovating an old 1930’s house for a developer at the moment & it’s cold, dark & damp. I really like the look of that sunshineBest regardsTrevor

It’s coming along well David. It is amazing how much a person can do with a methodical step by step approach. It’s fun to build because a large project like yours grows relatively fast and it’s size can be pretty satisfying, especially if it’s going to be a shop.

trevorsnow still aroundjust up in the mountains now.
garyi had a fancy laserit fell of the roofand never worked right againi learn the ‘old ways’that way i’m always ready to work somehowit still amazes mehow many can’t do much without modern toolsand don’t even know how to use a handsawor chisel

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle